Mesa Lunchbox

[Larz]

Anyone catch a demo of the new Mesa lunchbox style amp?

Curious as to the tone and the price.

[The Rossness]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC68tUUbrTI

$900

[Larz]

Thanks, that was a pretty well recorded demo vid.

I was figuring it would cost in the four figures being a Mesa.

[mattsmusiccenter]

I have these on order if anyone wants to grab one!

[Cygnus X1]

It sounds OK.
I love the look-outstanding work!

IMO there is only so much depth to the EL84 amps.
Just not enough, kind of empty at a point.
I have built there, the saturation gets kind of weird.

I'll stick with my SE 6V6, 6L6, 6550/KT88 gain monsters.
I just have to make them look better, and charge twice as much!

[toejam]

I love EL84 amps. Is there a line out on these, or an effects loop?

[JediHalen]

Cant find any info so far on an effects loop... would be a real shame if there wasn`t.

I need my smooth Petrucci delay sound! everybody knows what delay sounds like running through the front of an amp ..kak! };-(

[mattsmusiccenter]

Negative on the FX loop.

[toejam]

Bummer.

[Cygnus X1]

I love EL84 amps. Is there a line out on these, or an effects loop?

I love EL84's also.
To a certain point though.
I find large amounts of gain from them too fizzy.

That Mesa sounds great for what it is.
If I were to buy a small watt amp, I would go for the Mesa
much quicker than any other (cough, except mine...cough).

[toejam]

I've got a THD Univalve and can switch to whatever power tube, but I seem to use the Yellow Jacket adapter with the EL84 the most. I also used to have a Mesa F-30 combo and loved the EL84 sound of that and miss that amp. I'm not sure why I sold it in the first place.